Faraday Generator Pallet for IoT Sensor Power
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Solution Overview
Problem
IoT sensors with GPS capabilities on shipments often experience power depletion during extended transit times, leading to missing data due to lack of power reserves.
Innovation Solution
Integration of a Faraday generator structure into a pallet, utilizing shock and vibration forces to generate electrical power through a magnet and coil system, which is stored in a power storage unit to charge IoT devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If IoT sensors are used for monitoring shipments during extended transit, then data collection capability is improved, but power reserve depletion occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the harmful vibrations and shocks during transit into beneficial electrical energy through electromagnetic induction. The Faraday generator structure uses a magnet coupled to a moving platform and a coil structure fixed to the pallet, where mechanical motion from transport vibrations induces voltage in the coil, generating electricity to charge the power storage unit and sustain IoT sensor operation during extended transit periods.
2Power
If a Faraday generator structure is integrated into the pallet, then power generation capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple functions into the pallet structure: the dampener serves both as a vibration isolation component and as a mechanical driver for the Faraday generator; the magnet assembly is coupled to the dampener mechanism so that the same structural elements that manage vibrations also generate electrical energy. This multi-functionality reduces overall system complexity despite adding power generation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the power generation system with the existing pallet and dampener structure. The Faraday generator components (magnet, coil, guide shaft) are integrated into the dampener assembly rather than being separate additions, combining the vibration damping function with electromagnetic energy generation in a unified structural arrangement.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures continuous data capture by providing supplementary power to IoT devices, even during prolonged transit, by converting kinetic energy into electrical energy.
Implementation Method 1
a magnet, a coil structure, and a guide shaft... a voltage is produced as the magnet passes through the inner aperture area of the ring structure
Implementation Method 2
utilizing shock and vibration forces to generate electrical power through a magnet and coil system... configured to compress under an additional load applied to an existing load
Data Source
AI summary
A faraday generator structure disposed between an upper platform and a lower platform, where the faraday generator structure includes a magnet, a coil structure, and a guide shaft. The magnet, of the faraday generator structure, coupled to the guide shaft configured to pass through an inner aperture area of the ring structure during a compression and rebound of a dampener positioned between the upper platform and the lower platform, where a voltage is produced as the magnet passes through the inner aperture area of the ring structure. The dampener, of the faraday generator structure, configured to compress under an additional load applied to an existing load on a top surface of the upper platform. The faraday generator structure configured to provide the voltage to an electrically coupled power storage unit.